Sunday, March 9, 2014

Mr. Peabody & Sherman

Mr. Peabody & Sherman is a
delightful animated film, directed by Rob Minkoff, based on the TV series
created by Jay Ward.

Mr. Peabody (voiced by Ty Burrell) is a genius dog, who
has adopted a young boy named Sherman (voiced by Max Charles).In this story, Sherman has a confrontation
with “mean girl” Penny Peterson (voiced by Ariel Winter) at school and is in
danger of being removed from Mr. Peabody’s custody by child protective services.

In an effort to assuage the Peterson’s, Mr. Peabody
invites them over for dinner.Good
idea?Well, trying to ingratiate himself
with Penny, Sherman disobeys Mr. Peabody’s order not to show her the Way Back time
machine he invented.

This sets off rifts in the time continuum and sets up a
lot of fun adventures to set things right.

It’s a sweet, clever and witty film that might be more
entertaining to adults than to young children.

If you remember the TV series, you’ll agree that it’s worthy
of a 4 out of 5. But, even if you’re new to Mr.
Peabody & Sherman, you’ll find it equally enjoyable.

About Me

Brian Porzak: I am a cinephile who likes to view films with a live audience. My taste runs the gamut, including indies, studio films, foreign films and most all genres. Because I see so many films, friends often ask me what to see. So, I thought I'd blog about what is worth seeing or not. As a writer/filmmaker myself, I hope to give a more uplifting perspective than the typical critic. Filmmaking is tremendously difficult. Just because some problems might exist in a particular work does not, necessarily, destroy its enjoyability and I think that is necessary to point out to would-be viewers.
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